Which Muse Do You Want To Be?

Today was another busy Sunday.  Church was good & since it was a 5th Sunday, we all met together for the 3rd hour.  It was about “hastening the work” & sharing the gospel.  After church, we had a Laurel’s class presidency meeting which went kind of long.  Autumn was being a stinker & kept saying, “Are we done yet?  This is boring!”  I have to remember that she’s only 7 years old, instead of getting annoyed w/ her saying things like that.  I remember when I was a kid that I HATED it when my parents would stay & visit after church when all we wanted to do was go home.  Autumn does really great most of the time.

We came home, had some lunch, and our home teachers came over at 3:00.  Autumn started acting really crazy towards the end, so I asked her to say the prayer before they left in hopes that it would calm her down.  Nope, she was really silly & naughty when she said the prayer.  I was NOT happy, b/c she knows better and that we don’t talk to Heavenly Father like that.

Then to add to my frustration, we couldn’t find my phone.  The last I remember seeing it was when we were at the church & I let her play w/ it during the presidency meeting.  So, we loaded in the car & went back over to the church to try and find it.  No such luck!  So, we went over to Mom & Dad’s house so I could use the internet to use the “find my phone” app.  Come to find out, it was out in the car underneath the seat!!! I’m so glad that it wasn’t lost or stolen.

Satan must have been working overtime on us today, especially after the incredibly spiritual day we had yesterday.  Autumn had been a major stinker a few times yesterday & even today.  She was just being annoying & obnoxious on purpose.  I was very calm & politely asked her to stop SEVERAL times, but she just kept getting worse & worse.  At dinner I finally reached my breaking point & slammed my hand down on the table & yelled at her, “ENOUGH!!!”  I immediately regretted it when I saw the look on her face.  She got up from the table & ran away just sobbing uncontrollably.  I let her have a good cry on the couch while I finished eating, and then after she had calmed down we had a talk about what happened.  I’m thankful that even though we have rough patches (like any parent & child do), that we can talk it out, forgive each other, and move on.

We snuggled on the couch & watched Hercules b/c it was on TV.  Autumn said she wanted to be the muse holding the mask & she asked me which muse I wanted to be.  I picked the one in the middle, although I’m more like the one on the far left.  As always, the weekend went by way too fast and it’s time to get ready for another week of work & school.